Notes

The History of West Virginia, Old and New Published 1923, The
American Historical Society, Inc., Chicago and New York, Volume
III, pg. 243.

COL. EDMUND PENDLETON HUNTER. The Hunter family has been
identified with the important history of the country around
Martinsburg for a century and a half. Its members intermarried
with another historic family of this region, the Harrisons, as
noted in another article. This sketch reviews briefly the
well-known older members of the family, Col. David Hunter and
Col. E. P. Hunter.

Col. Edmund Pendleton Hunter, son of David and Elizabeth
(Pendleton) Hunter, was born in 1809, acquired an education at
Jefferson College and was admitted to the bar in Berkeley County
in 1831. He became owner and editor of the Martinsburg Gazette.
He had many interesting associations with public men of his day.
He attended thp Young Men's Convention in Washington, where he
heard Henry Clay speak, and ever afterward was an ardent
supporter of that great Kentuckian. Colonel Hunter succeeded
General Boyd as commonwealth's attorney for Berkeley County, and
he served in the Virginia House of Delegates during 1834-35 and
1839-41.

During the war between the states he commanded the Sixty-seventh
Regiment of Virginia Volunteers. He rose to the highest honors
in the Masonic fraternity in his state, and was a member of the
Episcopal Church.

On August 2, 1832, Edmund Pendleton Hunter married Martha C.
Abell, daughter of John and Sarah (Forrest) Abell. She was born
in Jefferson County, and her parents came from St. Mary's
County, Maryland. Colonel Hunter and wife reared seven children,
named:

Sarah, Maj. Robert W., Elizabeth J., David, John Abell, Martha
C. and Mary Louisa. The daughter Sarah was the wife of Peyton
Harrison, who is elsewhere referred to. The son David
was killed at the battle of Cedar Creek in 1864. Martha C.
became the wife of Harry Riddle and Mary Louisa married John H.
Doll.

Miss Elizabeth Hunter for several years taught a private school
in Martinsburg. She and her widowed sister, Mrs. Mary Louisa
Doll, now occupy the old home on East King Street, near the
Public Square. Elizabeth Hunter is a member of the Episcopal
Church and the Daughters of the Confederacy.
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Notes

Chesterfield County Will Book 2:295]. Last Will & Testament
dated 13 Jan 1773: "To sons Thomas and Edmund, each 1 negro.
To son William, 1 negro, but if William die, negro to be sold
and money divided among my five daughters: Mary Lockett,
Elizabeth Chasteen, Edith Hatcher, Sarah Logwood, and Milley
Logwood. To son William, who is prosecuting his studies as a
candidated for holy orders in the church of England, land and
plantation I live on until he finishes his studies and is
received as a minister in some parish, at which time the place
goes to my son Archibald, he paying sons Thomas, Edmund, and
William L50 each.
To son Archibald, 2 negros; and if he dies without heirs, then
to my sons Thomas and Edmund.
To Mary Lockett, balance due me from her husband Richard
Lockett.
To daughter Elizabeth Chasteen, 1 negro and L50.
To Sally Logwood, items.
To daughter Edith Hatcher, 1 negro.
To daughter Milley Logwood, Items and 1 negro.
To grandson Edmund Lockett, 1 negro.
Real estate to be sold for debts and Legacies."